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eaten by man and transformed into semen, which impregnates a wom-
an, and thus the living en ty once again a ains the human form to
perform sacrifice and so repeat the same cycle. In this way, the living
en ty perpetually comes and goes on the material path. The Kṛṣṇa
conscious person, however, avoids such sacrifices. He takes directly to
Kṛṣṇa consciousness and thereby prepares himself to return to God-
head.”

“Impersonalist commentators on the Bhagavad-gītā unreasonably as-
sume that Brahman takes the form of jīva in the material world, and to
substan ate this they refer to Chapter Fi een, verse 7, of the Gītā. But
in this verse the Lord also speaks of the living en ty as “an eternal
fragment of Myself.” The fragment of God, the living en ty, may fall
down into the material world, but the Supreme Lord (Acyuta) never
falls down. Therefore this assump on that the Supreme Brahman as-
sumes the form of jīva is not acceptable. It is important to remember
that in Vedic literature Brahman (the living en ty) is dis nguished from
Para-brahman (the Supreme Lord).” (Bg 8.3 – purport)

3‐ What is the material nature?

mahā‐bhūtāny ahaṅkāro / buddhir avyaktam eva ca
indriyāṇi daśaikaṁ ca / pañca cendriya‐gocarāḥ

icchā dveṣaḥ sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ / saṅghātaś cetanā dhṛ ḥ
etat kṣetraṁ samāsena / sa‐vikāram udāhṛtam

“The five great elements, false ego, intelligence, the unmanifested, the
ten senses and the mind, the five sense objects, desire, hatred, happi-
ness, distress, the aggregate, the life symptoms, and convic ons – all
these are considered, in summary, to be the field of ac vi es and its
interac ons.” (Bg 13.6-7)

“From all the authorita ve statements of the great sages, the Vedic
hymns and the aphorisms of the Vedānta-sūtra,the components of this
world can be understood as follows. First there are earth, water, fire,
air and ether. These are the five great elements (mahā-bhūta). Then
there are false ego, intelligence and the unmanifested stage of the

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